She Can't Have Peace

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She can't have peace

She can have people point at her

She can have her papers thrown to the floor

She can have her face pushed into her locker

But she can't have peace

 

She can have crude pictures drawn of her

They can turn her nose into a snout

They can fill her face full of blemishes

They can make her chest flat and her stomach fat

She can have all the cuts on her arm

But she can't have peace

 

She can have those pictures posted online

They can call her names like "fat, dumb and ugly"

They can make the pictures go viral

They can post them all over school

She can have them all laugh at her

But she can't have peace

 

She can go to her teachers and the principal

They can tell her to ignore it all

They can tell her to block all their comments

They can have the students take the pictures down

They can tell her there's simply nothing they can do

She can have herself a cry

But she can't have peace

 

She can be pushed down in the locker room

She can have the girls throw things at her

They can hit and kick her until she passes out

They can leave her there bloody on the floor

She can have several stitches sewn into her face

But she can't have peace

 

She can have her parents write a letter to the school

They can call and call but only be told the same thing

She can stay home from school

She can turn off her computer

She can still have notes put on her front door

But she can't have peace

 

She can have this be the final straw

She can look in the mirror and not even see herself

She can have the last thing she swallows let everyone win

She can have her parents find her there

They can never get that image out of their heads

She can have all of her attackers be denied entrance to her funeral

So that she can finally have peace

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